{"id":461,"date":"2011-03-01T23:33:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T04:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:40:38","slug":"conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Discovering Maine&#8217;s Jewish History: The Second Maine Jewish History Conference<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Sunday, April 3, 2011 &#8212; Roberts Union, Colby College<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Follow the links below to online versions of the conference presentations.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">10:00 &#8212; Morning Plenary Session<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Words of welcome and thanks: Dean Lori Kletzer and Professor David Freidenreich, Colby College<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Opening keynote address:<\/strong><strong> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/03\/weissbachmp3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewish History of Small-Town Maine in National Perspective<\/a>\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Professor Lee Shai Weissbach, University of Louisville<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">11:30 &#8212; Morning Panel Sessions<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Dynamics of Jewish Life in the First Half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/04\/Epstein-Harris-Isaacson-in-L-A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fitting In and Moving Up: Harris Isaacson in Lewiston-Auburn, 1900-1922<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Elliott Epstein<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/aroostook\/\" target=\"_self\">The Jewish History of Aroostook County<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Natalie Cohen <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/settlement\/\" target=\"_self\">Jews in Waterville in the\u00a0 Early 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Kimiko Kossler &#8217;12<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Hasia Diner, New York University<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jewishness in Maine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/downeast-judaism\/\" target=\"_self\">Judaism with a Downeast Flair<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Beth Hillson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/religious-life\/\" target=\"_self\">Patterns and Practices of Religious Life in Waterville<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Jena Hershkowitz &#8217;12<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/artists\/\" target=\"_self\">Sound and Light: Jewish Artists and Musicians in Maine<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Deborah Weisgall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Harriet Freidenreich, Temple University<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jewish Merchants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/levines\/\" target=\"_self\">The History of Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Sara Miller Arnon and Julie Miller-Soros<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/04\/Jensen-Jewish-merchants-of-Lisbon-Street.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewish Merchants of Lewiston\u2019s Lisbon Street<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/portland-merchants\/\" target=\"_self\">The Middle Merchants: Portland\u2019s Jewish Mercantile Community<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Zack Barowitz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/03\/Hoberman-response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Hoberman, Fitchburg State University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jews and Gentiles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/04\/Peck-Good-for-Jews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Is It Good for the Jews? Maine Jewry between Civic Idealism and the Politics of Reality<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Abraham J. Peck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/08\/Gleckman-Summit-Springs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Summit Springs, the Jewish Alternative to Poland Springs<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Harris Gleckman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/relations\/\" target=\"_self\">Change Over Time: Jewish\u2013Gentile Relations in Waterville<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Miles de Klerk &#8217;13<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThe admission of Jews to Maine\u2019s Colleges during the Interwar Years\u201d (poster) \u2013 David Freidenreich and Madeline Kurtz &#8217;14 [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/colby\/admissions\/\" target=\"_self\">click here for the research on which this poster is based<\/a>]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Richard D\u2019Abate, Maine Historical Society<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Guided Tour of \u201cLobster and Latkes: Jewish Life in Maine\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Robyn Wardell &#8217;11<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">1:45 &#8212; Afternoon Panel Sessions<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>In the Wake of World War II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/quoddy\/\" target=\"_self\">A Community of Jewish Displaced Persons in Eastport? Local Reactions to the Quoddy Village Proposal<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Jackie Gronau<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/files\/2011\/04\/Peck-Land-of-Limitless-Opportunities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">In the Land of Limitless Opportunities: Holocaust Survivors Meet the Jerusalem of the North<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Abraham J. Peck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/gisele-miller\/\" target=\"_self\">From Away: The Experiences of Gis\u00e8le Baroukel Miller in Waterville<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Hannah Dhonau &#8217;14<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cJewish Mainers Who Fell in the Line of Duty\u201d (poster) \u2013 Jim Friedlander and Margie Weiner &#8217;12<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Rob Weisbrot, Colby College<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Leisure and Social Life <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cI Met Your Father in Old Orchard Beach\u201d \u2013 Steve Hirshon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/maimonides\/\" target=\"_self\">Portland\u2019s Maimonides Club: Pleasant and Profitable Evenings<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Susan Cummings-Lawrence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/recreation\/\" target=\"_self\">Jews in Vacationland<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Amy Eklund &#8217;11<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Ardis Cameron, University of Southern Maine<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Transmitting Jewish Identity in Maine<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/summer-camps\/\" target=\"_self\">Maine Summer Camps with a Jewish Twist<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Nancy (Silverman) Levinsky &#8217;83<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/food\/\" target=\"_self\">Food and Jewish Identity in Waterville<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Madeline Kurtz &#8217;14<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/back-to-the-land\/\" target=\"_self\">Planting Our Roots and Raising Our Children as Back-to-the-Land Jews<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Deena Weinstein<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Meaghan Dwyer-Ryan &#8217;96, Boston College<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Setting Down Roots and Pulling Up Stakes<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/04\/Cogan-Bath-Jews-1930-75.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bath\u2019s Jews, 1920\u20131975: Coping with Modernity<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Nathan Cogan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/maine\/old-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Seeking Sanctuary: The History of Old Town\u2019s Temple Israel<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Melissa Ladenheim<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cModern Tzedakah: Jewish Philanthropy in Waterville in the 1950s\u201d (poster) \u2013 Yichen Jiang &#8217;13 [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/kennebec\/philanthropy\/\" target=\"_self\">click here for the research on which this poster is based<\/a>]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Respondent: Lee Shai Weissbach, University of Louisville<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Guided Tour of \u201cLobster and Latkes: Jewish Life in Maine\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Spencer Kasko &#8217;12<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000\">3:00 &#8212; Afternoon Plenary Session<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Culminating keynote address:<\/strong><\/span><strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/news_events\/feeds\/media\/dinermp3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Local, the National, and the Global: Maine\u2019s Jews in Modern Jewish History\u201d<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Professor Hasia Diner, New York University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\u201cDiscovering Maine\u2019s Jewish History\u201d was co-sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewishstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish Studies Program<\/a> at Colby College and its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/academics_cs\/goldfarb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement<\/a>, in collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidkrut.com\/pj\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Documenting Maine Jewry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainehistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maine Historical Society<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>2010-11 public programming on Maine&#8217;s Jewish history was <\/em><em>made possible by the Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project, directed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajsnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association for Jewish Studies<\/a> (AJS). This project promotes sustained Jewish studies programming in small to mid-sized communities and seeks to foster relationships between scholars and the wider communities in which they work. <\/em><em>Support for the project is generously provided by Legacy Heritage Fund, Ltd.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovering Maine&#8217;s Jewish History: The Second Maine Jewish History Conference Sunday, April 3, 2011 &#8212; Roberts Union, Colby College Follow the links below to online versions of the conference presentations. 10:00 &#8212; Morning Plenary Session Words of welcome and thanks: Dean Lori Kletzer and Professor David Freidenreich, Colby College Opening keynote address: \u201cThe Jewish History&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1764,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions\/1443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}